Red Girls: The Legend of the Akakuchibas | 
so-soThe Japanese countryside is where a lot of strange superstitions, myths, and legends proliferate. This tells the story of 3 generations of the strong, strange matriarchs of the Akakuchiba family, owners of ironworks that dominate the mountain region. Their story is told in tandem with the social/cultural changes in Japan mixed with touches of magic realism. Who wouldn‘t love a mother who could be a seer, a daughter leading a motorcycle gang?
Tonton But it all is a bit thin and the greatest mystery remains unsolved. The potential is there, this was in a transitional phase between light novels (YA) and her award winning novel My Man which deserves its own translation!Red Girls is a bit bumpy and I was way too aware of the translation which needed editing,unfortunately. 5y
Tonton Example: there is a bit where the youngest grandson is addicted to playing video games “when the family computer” came on the market. Sorry, it‘s not a family computer, it‘s Nintendo‘s FamiCon which is the brand name (short for Family Computer ) but it is not a computer, it is a video game console. It is the little stuff but it gets on my nerves. Sorry for the rant! 5y
batsy That's unfortunate about the translation, because it sounds so interesting! 5y
Tonton @batsy It is interesting, and you can see what the author is trying to do. It‘s just when I become more aware of the translation than the flow. I‘m probably being really nit picky... 5y
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